Klarinet Archive - Posting 000620.txt from 2003/05

From: "Samantha McDaniel" <jupitertc@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] something a little different for marching band...
Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 23:49:45 -0400

I'm drum major of my college marching band, and I agree with David on this
one. With clarinets in general, you are just playing to the grasshoppers
when it comes to marching band. I don't think it would be any different
with the e-flat clarinet. E-flat clarinets are extremely hard to tune as
well, and unless they have an outstanding ear, I don't think I would let a
high schooler play E-flat clarinet. The concept of blend is extremelly
important in any ensemble, especially marching band. An E-flat clarinet
would not fit into a typical timbre of the marching band. There are even
some band directors that don't allow bass clarinets, tenor and bari saxes in
their marching bands, just because it doesn't fit the timbre that they are
looking for. They want more brass and percussion, and less woodwinds. On
top of that, it wouldn't just be one E-flat clarinet, it would have to be a
section of E-flat clarinets in order to achieve outdoor blend. A lonely
E-flat clarinet player will never be heard.

~SAM~

>From: "David S. Naden" <dnaden@-----.edu>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: <klarinet@-----.org>
>Subject: RE: [kl] something a little different for marching band...
>Date: Sun, 25 May 2003 15:21:48 -0700
>
>Rebecca--
>
>First, just because you may own a certain instrument does not mean that
>your
>director has to allow you to play it. Your band director determines the
>instrumentation that is best for the entire group and scholl--not the
>student. In many cases, band directors do not even use Eb clarinets in
>marching band, as the parts are often not necessary.
>
>Second, your desire to play Eb may be admirable, but your tone comes across
>as self-serving, and as NOT being a "team" player. Marching band is
>essentially a "team" sport--the sum of ALL the parts make the whole. Your
>director's decision to not have you play Eb is probably a combination of
>several factors: the needs of the band as a whole, the needs of your
>director, and a reflection of your strengths on Bb clarinet.
>
>Just food for thought...
>
>David S. Naden
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Rebecca Brennan [mailto:rjbrennan1221@-----.com]
>Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 8:31 AM
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: [kl] something a little different for marching band...
>
>
>For the past year I have been thinking of ways to make my band dictator
>allow me to play the Eb clarinet in marching band. He has said no, no, and
>no...
>
>I want to do something a little different. I'm thinking if I own my own Eb
>clarinet that he would have to allow me to play it. I am looking for
>something of a low price and is durable enough for marching band but with a
>sound qualified for all-state.
>
>I would settle for a green Eb. Do they make colored Eb clarinets?
>
>-Rebecca
>
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